Philip Johnson

Philp Cortelyou Johnson b.1906. His first major
work was a home he built for himself in New Canaan, CT (1949). The house
was very similar to the style of Mies van der Rohe. The house is essentially
a box with walls made entirely of glass. After his home was completed Johnson
began moving away from Mies and that can be clearly illustrated by the
guest house he built for his home in 1952. The guest house can be considered
a house vault. Johnson has remained active throughout his life. There are
many important urban buildings and skyscrapers throughout the country designed
by Johnson including the addition to the Boston Public Library (1964-73),
Pennzoil Place in Houston (1970-76), and the AT&T Building in New York
(1978-83). The AT&T Building has been called the first "major monument"
of Post-Modernism. It is also important to note he invented the term International
Style in 1932 with the help of Henry Russell-Hitchcock. (WJC)